Invoices for municipal water and sewerage charges are issued for three-month periods, with the variable portion (consumption) determined by a water meter. The water meter is read twice a year:
- Bi-annually (for the period January to June) as part of the municipal tax bill for April to June;
- Bi-annually (for the period July to December) as part of the municipal tax bill for October to December.
Advances are calculated for the January-March and July-September bills. These advances are deducted from the following semi-annual bill. In general, the advances are calculated on the basis of the consumption of the previous semi-annual bill.
The water meters of the different apartments of a residence are not managed by the commune, but by the condominium association of the residence. The commune only bills the condominium association for the main water meter of the residence, as described above.
Prices from 1 January 2023
As of 1 January 2023, a distinction must be made between four sectors for the pricing schemes:
- the household sector, which includes natural persons, public institutions and companies that are not part of the industrial sector, the agricultural sector, the catering sector or the camping sector;
- the industrial sector, which includes companies whose water consumption exceeds one of the following thresholds: 8,000 m3/year, 50 m3/day or 10 m3/hour, or whose pollutant load exceeds 300 average inhabitant equivalents (EHm);
- the agricultural sector, which includes the activities of farmers, winegrowers, stockbreeders, arboriculturists, horticulturists, nurserymen, gardeners, market gardeners, fish farmers, foresters and beekeepers;
- the Horeca sector, which includes hotel, restaurant and café operators, and the camping sector.
For the details of the invoicing of the different sectors, click on the respective sector.
